"When Sparks Fly" by A Little Friction

a Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell

Amy Tobin and Kevin Carnes make up this band. Their music is as uncommon as these things get.

Tobin’s made a rock opera about the Biblical heroine Esther and starts this album with “Esther’s prologue”.

“Shipwreck” is a wry tale of lost virginity in a tango style.

“Stories of the Road” is a lovely, haunted moment. Tobin sings beautifully and the music’s soft.

“Choosing Sides” is against the current U.S administration and musically its very Kurt Weill.

“Oblivious” is a dense rocker with a phenomenal vocal.

This is a dynamic, electric record.

Posted on March 29, 2006